Sophie Payten is releasing her sophomore album as Gordi, Our Two Skins, at the end of the week. It’s had quite the build-up, starting with “Sandwiches” back in February and continuing with advance singles “Aeroplane Bathroom,” “Volcanic,” and “Unready.” Today, Gordi is releasing one last song from the album before the whole thing is out […]
Live Nation to Launch Drive-in Concert Series
When Live Nation stopped all tours back in March, fans and the live music industry wondered what would happen to concerts in 2020. Now, three months later, Live Nation is making moves to bring back the live show with the launch of a series of drive-in shows next month. “Live from the Drive-In” is the […]
Counterparts – “Purer Form Of Pain” & “Strings Of Separation”
Last year, the Ontario metalcore face-destroyers Counterparts came out with Nothing Left To Love, a majestic shit-ripper of an album. Since then, frontman frontman Brendan Murphy has gotten even more intense; his side project END just released the crushingly heavy full-length debut Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face. And today, we get two more Counterparts bangers. […]
Narrow Head – "Night Tryst"
Narrow Head is a band out of Houston specializing in ’90s alt-rock revivalism. Run For Cover will release their second album, 12th House Rock, at the end of August, and today we get the video for lead single “Night Tryst.” Riding a current of heavy rhythm, the track races through a haze of melodic guitar […]
MIKE – “Allstar” (Feat. Earl Sweatshirt)
In recent months, Earl Sweatshirt has been an underground-rap beast, and he’s been quick to collaborate with the rappers whose work he admires. Thus far this year, Earl has shown up on songs from Quelle Chris & Chris Keys, Armand Hammer, and incarcerated LA rap great Drakeo The Ruler. Earl has also teamed up with […]
Cass McCombs & Steve Gunn – "Sweet Lucy" & "Wild Mountain Thyme"
Cass McCombs and Steve Gunn were supposed to go on a co-headlining tour in May. That obviously did not happen, but over the weekend they released the two-song 7″ that they recorded together earlier this year and had planned to sell at that run of shows. McCombs took the lead on a cover of the […]
Land Of Talk – "Footnotes"
In 2017, Elizabeth Powell revived her Land Of Talk project after seven years with the excellent Life After Youth. She was supposed to follow it up last month with another new album, Indistinct Conversations, but the release date was pushed back to the end of July due to pandemic-related concerns. That’s still a ways away, […]
Bright Eyes Announce New Album 'Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was': Hear "Mariana Trench"
Bright Eyes teased another single from their new album yesterday by tweeting out the coordinates 17°33’29″N 142°00’03”E. This is where you’ll find the Mariana Trench, the deepest oceanic trench on Earth, located about 200 kilometers east of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. The day before, they promised details on that LP “very […]
Justin Bieber Denies Sexual Assault Accusation From 2014
Justin Bieber has denied the accusations of sexual assault that a woman said happened during SXSW on March 9, 2014. The woman, who goes by “Danielle,” detailed on Twitter (which has now been deleted but can be seen below) how she met the pop star at an event and he brought her and her friends […]
Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney Team for Livestream Collab | SPIN
Dave Grohl and Paul McCartney teamed up as part of a sorta-Nirvana reunion in 2012, recording the rowdy hard-rock track “Cut Me Some Slack.” Now the duo have joined forces once more, and the results are a bit more…low-key. The Foo Fighter and former Beatle participated in a ramshackle version of “When the Saints Go Marching […]